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Excellence in the Gulf

Andy Gibbins, managing director of GLAS Consulting, and Kefah El Ghobas, senior specialist at Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA), discuss how the Middle East is understanding and addressing the need for operational excellence.

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Towards mixed model management

Bill Bellows, associate fellow at United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne division and LMJ’s editorial board member, shares a brief proposal for the integrated use of Micro and Macro System Model.

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The Harada Method

Norman Bodek, president of PCS Press and LMJ’s editorial board member, and David Fennig, a senior at Portland State University’s Business School, explain the Harada Method, a system to consistently develop people within a business in order to achieve improvement.

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The Fifth Column

MEMO TO DIRECTORS

We are facing difficult times, but the challenge can be met with our new lean programme.

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Special feature – Lean on Boeing

With a massive backlog of orders for its new 787 Dreamliner, Boeing understands that developing a leaner and more integrated supply chain is crucialRoberto Priolo speaks to two of Boeing’s UK suppliers.

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It’s a lean world: USA


AMERICA, THE LEAN

John Shook, chairman and CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute, introduces LMJ’s special on lean in the USA, identifying the key lessons we can learn from the case studies included in this month’s edition.

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Process focus: product development

A VALUE CREATING PARADIGM

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Bringing order to chaos

Drew Locher is managing director of Change Management Associates in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and a Shingo Prize-winning author.